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ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The month of May is usually when weekend series' take on a new meaning as the regular season comes to a close. Apparently, May started a day early as St. Bonaventure and Saint Louis battled for 14 innings before the Billikens plated the game-winning run of the four hour and 31 minute Atlantic 10 series-opening marathon at The Billiken Sports Center.

The wild affair featured a combined 30 hits, 10 different pitchers and five errors before a bases loaded walk to SLU's cleanup hitter Jon Myers brought home the game-winning run.

St. Bonaventure overcame a 6-0 deficit to tie the game and eventually force extra-innings thanks to a five-run fifth inning and one more run in the sixth. Senior Nick Cunliffe drove home two of the runs in the fifth with a double to right center. Freshman Jason Radwan contributed a RBI single, while junior Jesse Bosnik belted a triple for his 26^th extra-base hit to drive home the last run of the fifth. After singling and stealing second, freshman Austin Ingraham scored the run to tie the game at 6-6 in the top of the sixth on an RBI single by junior Brad Steinbach.

After getting tagged for six runs in the first four innings, St. Bonaventure starter and two-time reigning A-10 Rookie of the Week Eddie Gray settled down and kept the Billikens off the scoreboard in the fifth, sixth and seventh – his final three innings of work.

On the flipside, SLU starter Bryan Cotton, who entered the weekend in a tie for the A-10 lead for wins with seven, worked an unheard-of 10.2 innings. Cotton tossed 164 pitches for the game and was only scored on in three of the innings.

After being touched up for six runs over the fifth and sixth innings, Cotton kept the Bonnies scoreless until the top of the 11^th when a pair of SLU errors brought home the seventh straight run from the Brown and White to give the visitors a 7-6 advantage.

Freshman reliever Billy Urban worked a scoreless 10^th, but couldn't put the game away as a walk to start the 11^th inning eventually came around to score and keep the game going.

Despite putting the leadoff runner on in both the 12^th and 13^th innings, the Bonnies were unable to plate a run. Saint Louis took advantage of escaping the jams in the 14^th inning, as a bases loaded two-out walk scored the game-winning run and sealed the heartbreaking loss for the Brown and White.

With the loss, St. Bonaventure slipped to 13-23 on the season, including 5-11 in A-10 action. The Billikens are 6-1 at home this year in A-10 home games, as they improved to 9-7 in league play.

Bosnik and sophomore Nick Brennen paced a 14-hit afternoon for the Brown and White. Bosnik's three hits brought his season total to a career-high 61, making him just the third player in program history to put together back-to-back 60-hit campaigns. Brennen went 3-for-7 on the day, highlighted by his 11^th double of the season. All nine positional starters contributed at least one hit.

Gray earned a no-decision after going seven innings. Junior Jamie Wallschlaeger and senior Cory Sudbrook turned in scoreless innings in the eighth and ninth, respectively. Urban worked two innings handing the reigns over to senior Brian Hardner, who was tabbed for the loss. The game-winning run came around to score on a walk issued by sophomore Jordan Crane, but the runner was credited to Hardner.

Game two of the series is scheduled for Saturday at 2 p.m. ET.